Meme Watch: Pickleback
To mobilize a nation, you must first unify them. This process happens all the time on Facebook.
Haters have come together to join: Can this pickle get more fans than Nickelback? The pickle in question, a dill, already has 449,178 fans. The Canadian rockers have 1,392,481 fans.
Nickelback is hated by many, though their records continuously go multi-platinum. Pickles are hated by few, though they make good sandwiches great.
infoMania's Sergio Cilli proposes that Nickelback is a contributing factor to rock's sucking in 2009.
This is not the first time an inanimate object has rallied support over a pop cultural phenomenon. A recent Mashable study finds that Justin Bieber is less popular than an onion ring. Switched.com illustrates the meme with this formula:
"Is nondescript, everyday household item 'x' more popular than inexplicably popular public figure 'y'?"
I expect this will serve as a meme blueprint for weeks to come. Some examples will be more successful than others. I found this group on the Pickleback wall:
At 2 fans, it does not appear that those cans will beat out successful film franchise Twilight. Nice try.
What's will be the next "arbitrary object versus hated pop culture icon?" My vote is for "Ukelele vs. Dolph Lundgren?" Though I don't think it will gather as much popular support as say "a fencepost vs. Taylor Swift."
What do you think?
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Brad_Davidson
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http://www.facebook.com/pages/Can-this-Jersey-Tomato-get-more-fans-than-the-TV-s...
Check out this new fan page! I really think they will pass the Jersey Shore fans
- 2 years ago
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Brad_Davidson
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remanns
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Cult objects. Added to current cult.
- 2 years ago
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remanns
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Incredulous
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Could there be more Current staff self promoting fluff in the features section?
- 2 years ago
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Incredulous
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Ricky84
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Every time I hear or see Nickleback I die a little bit more inside.
- 2 years ago
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Ricky84
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ScorpioGee
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I don't need to join this club I LOVE pickles already! :)
- 2 years ago
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ScorpioGee
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TaGgInUrBlOcKuP [removed]
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i would rather listen to the sound of pickels being squashed than nickelback
- 2 years ago
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TaGgInUrBlOcKuP [removed]
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LowShred
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I think the memes need to stay where they belong. With the Internet Hate Machine.
- 2 years ago
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LowShred
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romnichelCHRIS
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LowShred:
shut up u big pussy
- 2 years ago
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romnichelCHRIS
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calm_incense
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This is more attention that Nickelback deserves.
Also, chances are Nickelback has more fans than, say, some activist group supporting democracy in Myanmar or "freeing" Tibet. I'm not sure if you want those kinds of implications to be extrapolated from such a contest.
- 2 years ago
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calm_incense
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Agent_Alpha
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How about an inanimate Carbon rod.
http://americanglob.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Inanimate-Carbon-Rod.gif
- 2 years ago
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Agent_Alpha
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dtringas
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Though fenceposts remain useful inanimates, and are likely here to stay, Taylor Swift's siren spell lasts but the fragile lifespan of women's beauty. So please, appreciate Taylor's beauty before (god forbid, but forbidding never stopped anyone) she develops a nasty coke/ice habit. Young women have forgotten the beauty of a healthy smack habit and the lovely dark circles under their eyes disguising wrinkles and age.
Remember Taylor, coke and speed keep you thin, but age you ,dare I say, "swiftly"? Muhahahahaha. I love you Taylor, though i regret to admit, you won't outlast the fencepost.
Ladies, don't hate me for this, men get old and disgusting. I age gracefully for the benefit of all women of course, but I am the minority. Point being, no double standards here, just that I will look better at 40 than you. Never mind my picture, I was alone in DC and down on my luck. Pax. -DT - 2 years ago
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